Local Series

Fall 2016   Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol & Whatsnext? CD Release Concerts featuring Dave Liebman and Tiger Okoshi  Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol & Whatsnext? Is now getting ready to release their new album, “Resolution”. Whatsnext?, Sanlıkol’s genre-busting jazz orchestra, performs his […]

FALL 2015 ELVEDA (Farewell) A CONCERT OF REMEMBRANCE dedicated to Dr. Hüseyin Parkan Sanlıkol (1/21/1944-9/12/2015),  father of Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol; and in memory of our colleague Tom Zajac (10/1/1956-8/31/2015) as well as all those departed and dear to […]

FALL 2014 DÜNYA’s Documentary Film Screenings* WHAT A WORLD with Robert Labaree Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol Cem Mutlu Brenna MacCrimmon Phaedon Sinis and Mal Barsamian including special appearances from Cemal Kafadar What A World offers a captivating look […]

FALL 2013 From the “jazz” of Istanbul to the “blues” of Anatolia This concert will include folk, religious and popular music from Anatolia, interwoven with classical Ottoman music and urban popular music from different centuries. […]

FALL 2012 A BILINGUAL MEVLID: Süleyman Çelebi’s masterpiece in Greek and Turkish Recognized as a classic of Turkish literature, Vesilet’ün Necat, or more commonly known as Mevlid-i Şerif is a long poem commemorating the birth of the Prophet […]

FALL 2011 A SPECIAL CD RELEASE CONCERT program   photos This exciting concert will celebrate the release of DÜNYA’s A Story of the City: Constantinople, Istanbul double CD which is currently submitted for a Grammy award. The […]

FALL 2010 A SPECIAL FUNDRAISING FASIL NIGHT TO SUPPORT GÜLCAN YILMAZ A benefit event that will feature our FASIL ensemble on a special night with a special selection of Turkish art and folk music in […]

FALL 2009 A SACRED MUSIC CELEBRATION: Greek Orthodoxy and Turkish Sufism featuring Photis Ketsetzis, Şenol Filiz and Birol Yayla program   photos In this special concert a choir and an ensemble composed of Greek and […]

FALL 2008 A Multi Faith Celebration DÜNYA will contribute a selection of Sufi musics to an interfaith service at Boston College, alongside a group from Hebrew College directed by Cantor Scott Sokol and the Contemporary […]

FALL 2007 Sept. 15, 1207 in Rumi’s Anatolia A musical glimpse into the life and times of a great Sufi poet program   photos The year 2007 marks the 800th anniversary of the birth of […]